Parents blame east Delhi children’s hospital authorities of negligence
The Hindu
Heart-wrenching tragedy unfolds as parents mourn the loss of infants in a devastating hospital fire in Delhi.
The quiet lobby of the NICU hospital in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar, on Sunday morning, was shaken by the piercing wail of Md. Anzaar, when he got to know that his infant daughter was not admitted in the child care unit here, but had been transferred to the GTB mortuary.
“They killed our daughter,” exclaimed Mr. Anzaar to his wife, Noorjahan Bibi, over a call.
Mr. Anzaar and Ms. Noorjahan are among the seven parents who lost their infants to the fire that broke out in the New Born Baby Care Hospital, in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar, on Saturday night.
“They told me yesterday that my daughter is doing better and they will discharge her today,” said Mr. Anzaar.
The daily wage labourer who embroiders clothes said that his daughter had been admitted at the unit after she developed an infection from dirty water. “Her platelet count was low, so I would get blood from a different centre and give it to the doctors here at New Born Baby Care Hospital, but the doctor told me yesterday that she had recovered and could be discharged,” he added.
The father of the deceased laments not bringing back his daughter from the hospital sooner.
“They would charge us close to ₹12,000 every day and yet failed to provide safety to my child. How can they store so many cylinders in a hospital, how could they abandon our children,” asked the resident of Bhajanpura.
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